This is really some crazy stuff what you are building here - and I mean this in the best positive way. I wished Ratta would have some progressive coders as well, which could push some missing PDF annotation features. Your work on PySN gives me some hope to add value to the Supernote platform and quite frankly I hope you will be able to continue to develop such great stuff independent from Ratta, as I lost a bit of hope for them. Also, the long wait for A5X2 and missing light, may push me towards RMPP. I have difficulties to write on the A5X with the missing internal light.
HI Max, Whow again! You're on it, so impressive!! I'm really curious to see how markdown files can be converted to notes - I'm storing my notes and meeting preparations in Logseq and would like to copy the preparations onto the supernote to support me during my meetings. No need to copy and convert it back for now, I would like to do this one way only. I tried copying a markdown file (sample.md) but it didn't get recognised. Could you point me in the right direction ?
Thank you Marco! I think the reason it’s not working in your example is that I probably filtered out extensions that are not recognized by the Supernote. In other words, all you may need to do is renaming your md file with txt extension. I’d have to check it myself. But I implemented the logic to import to note format for md files and docx files are first converted to md. I’ll confirm.
This is interesting, but I can't really understand what is the user case. The Supernote is made to write on it; that is the whole point... If you use python to convert text to handwritten notes, what is the point to have a supernote with a screen you can write on it? It is just like a kindle at that point, since you convert a doc to a handwritten doc that you read on a eink display. I can see more value in having more applications running ON the supernote, that allow you to use its interface with the pen and export in text format or other formats that can be used on a computer; but the other way around I am not so sure. Probably you have your user case scenario in mind for writing this library, I just don't see it. The hardest obstacle for eink devices that use a pen is to go from handwritten to text, not the other way around... The apps that let you use the pen and handwritten calligraphy to do what you would do with text and mouse/touches are not available, so I would honestly focus more on that area, to expand the usability of a niche product like eink note-taking devices. Your work is impressive nevertheless; I just wanted to point out my lack of understanding for what is the point of going the other way (text to handwritten text).
Hi there. Thank you for your feedback and comment. Converting handwriting to typed text is a critical feature that I think every user expects to have from an e-ink device such as the Supernote. However, the feature described in this video addresses a different need: allowing users to bring external typed content in their notebooks, by mixing selections with their own handwriting and rearranging as they want. In one of the first videos about that text-to-pen strokes feature, I mentioned the origin of that feature: a pastor wanted to copy and paste verses of the Bible in his prepared sermon, because it would save him time copying by hand those verses. I can see a similar need for some people who want to complement notebooks on a given topic with some extract of typed text material. Such users wouldn't just convert entire textbooks into the Supernote format for reading...They want the ability to copy and paste selected content into their own notes, something the Supernote doesn't offer yet natively.
This is really some crazy stuff what you are building here - and I mean this in the best positive way.
I wished Ratta would have some progressive coders as well, which could push some missing PDF annotation features.
Your work on PySN gives me some hope to add value to the Supernote platform and quite frankly I hope you will be able to continue to develop such great stuff independent from Ratta, as I lost a bit of hope for them.
Also, the long wait for A5X2 and missing light, may push me towards RMPP. I have difficulties to write on the A5X with the missing internal light.
Thank you. Yes it would be cool to have some features natively!
Great stuff!
Glad you think so!
HI Max,
Whow again! You're on it, so impressive!!
I'm really curious to see how markdown files can be converted to notes - I'm storing my notes and meeting preparations in Logseq and would like to copy the preparations onto the supernote to support me during my meetings. No need to copy and convert it back for now, I would like to do this one way only.
I tried copying a markdown file (sample.md) but it didn't get recognised.
Could you point me in the right direction ?
Thank you Marco! I think the reason it’s not working in your example is that I probably filtered out extensions that are not recognized by the Supernote. In other words, all you may need to do is renaming your md file with txt extension. I’d have to check it myself. But I implemented the logic to import to note format for md files and docx files are first converted to md. I’ll confirm.
This is interesting, but I can't really understand what is the user case.
The Supernote is made to write on it; that is the whole point... If you use python to convert text to handwritten notes, what is the point to have a supernote with a screen you can write on it? It is just like a kindle at that point, since you convert a doc to a handwritten doc that you read on a eink display.
I can see more value in having more applications running ON the supernote, that allow you to use its interface with the pen and export in text format or other formats that can be used on a computer; but the other way around I am not so sure. Probably you have your user case scenario in mind for writing this library, I just don't see it.
The hardest obstacle for eink devices that use a pen is to go from handwritten to text, not the other way around... The apps that let you use the pen and handwritten calligraphy to do what you would do with text and mouse/touches are not available, so I would honestly focus more on that area, to expand the usability of a niche product like eink note-taking devices.
Your work is impressive nevertheless; I just wanted to point out my lack of understanding for what is the point of going the other way (text to handwritten text).
Hi there. Thank you for your feedback and comment. Converting handwriting to typed text is a critical feature that I think every user expects to have from an e-ink device such as the Supernote. However, the feature described in this video addresses a different need: allowing users to bring external typed content in their notebooks, by mixing selections with their own handwriting and rearranging as they want. In one of the first videos about that text-to-pen strokes feature, I mentioned the origin of that feature: a pastor wanted to copy and paste verses of the Bible in his prepared sermon, because it would save him time copying by hand those verses. I can see a similar need for some people who want to complement notebooks on a given topic with some extract of typed text material. Such users wouldn't just convert entire textbooks into the Supernote format for reading...They want the ability to copy and paste selected content into their own notes, something the Supernote doesn't offer yet natively.
@@mujmmb I see; I never had that need so I have hard time to see its usefulness but if that is useful for someone that's fine.